Holder for mops.



M. F. CLAY & G. F, BASSBT.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914 tiiarrnn srarpswrarnur FFE.

MARSHALL F. CLAY ANI) GGR/HAM F. BASSET, OF CLEVELAND, (JI-HO.

HOLDER FOR MOPS.

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Application led April 24, 1913.

To cZZ fav/0m it may concern Be it known that we, MARSHALL F. CLAY and GORHAM l?. Bassnr, citizens of the United States, residing1 at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmpro'vements in Holders for Mops, of which the following` is a specification.

rilhis invention has reference to improvements in holders for inops, and the invention consists in the constructie-n and combination of parts substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims. l ln the accompanying` drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the holder, and Fig'. 2 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view ,looking directly down on Fig. l, and designed especially to show the spring pressed engagement of the fastening yoke on the handle.

rll`he invention as thus shown represents a simple and eective means for holding` what has come to be known as a sanitary or dry mop, though it is not limited to such use, and comprises a handle it as usual in mops and upon which the rigid cross support s for the mop is socketed and permanently lined on said handle. The said support, however, is peculiar in this that it has two projections 2 bent or forked in opposite directions at right angles from the base of said socket and concave convex in cross section7 the concave side being beneath and giving a trough like groove in which the mop is held. The said projections Q in fact are split from the same tubular member which forms the handle socket. This leaves a crotch or fork shape at the middle in which the mop has no bearing but suiiicient bearing` is provided in the said projections without engagement at the center, and the construction is thus materially cheapened and simplified and a support is provided in which there are no parts to get loose or weaken and break. The mop securing member a works in conjunction with the said support s and is made of suitably heavy spring wire with two parallel sides or side arms which project through holes in the said support and are provided with right angled ends or extremities 3 lying in the trough or bottom of said supports and projecting outward. ln practice the said eX- tremities 3 are adapted to be tightened on Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. i0, 1914s.

Serial No. 763,266.

said projections 2 and thus grip and hold the mop by drawing' the said mop upward and engaging the saine in locked position for use. as seen in full lines Fig. 2. The dotted lines, Fig'. 2, indicate a released or loosed position of the said member a, and it may be dropped down so as to rest directly upon the support s at its top cross portion l, or rather at or upon the springs 5 when springs are used, and it may assume this position when the mop m is to be released or secured in place on the holder. Of course the flexible condition of the mop enables engagement therewith by said fastener to be easily made, especially when the sides thereof are free to be sprung into any needed position for this purpose. The upper cross portion l of the said mop securing' member has a substantially lshaped bend G at its middle of a depth equal substantially to about three-fourths the thickness of the handle 7i and which closes on the handle as seen in 2. rEllis enables the wire spring fastener Z to engage beneath the said cross portion et at the sides of said bend and draw the said member a up to tightened position in the support s and secure the mop in place. rlhe said fastener d is formed from a suitable piece of wire which has its ends 7 bent inward at right angles and pivoted in a transverse bore or socket in the handle 7L at a point coincident with the tightening` position of the member c on the support s, and so that said fastener will hold the said member in close working position until released. The upper cross portion of said fastener has a U bend or loop 8 nearly as deep as the handle itself and also has rather sharp recurved portions 9 at the base of said bend S from which the two sides of said fastener run diagonally across the handle to about the bend 10 at the opposite side, at which point the said wire turns inwlard with av curve to the socketed extremities 7. The bend of the wire at S and 9 is such as to narrow the space between the points 9 as compared with the loop 8 and the size of the handle so that when the said loop is sprung` into locking' position as in Fig. 2 it will pinch and clamp the handle and eifectually hold the parts in place until purposely released by hand. rlhe reverse curve l0 serves as a lifting` and tightening portion for the mem ber c, because when the mop has been engaged on the holder it makes something of a fullness beneath the extremities 3 and this causes tightening' to begin when the parts are in more or less open position, say about as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. The springs 5 afford accommodation for this fullness or thickness, Which Will vary more or less in different mops and according to the construction of the special portions with which the said ends 3 make engagement. In one case it might be an eyelet mop and in another a mop with an intermediate portion, plate or the like to make such engagement with and both styles are being' used With this holder.

It will thus be seen that the entire holder consists of only four original parts, the handle 7L, the socketed support s, the securing member a and the fastener d, and these together have the minimum Weight possible in a device of this kind and are thoroughly effective as a. whole. The matter of Weight alone is important, and the Construction shown has been developed With this point especially in View as Well as to make the same simple and cheap and efficient.

Of course and obviously, the holder herein described may be used also for Wet mops, but our present manufacture is in the dry mop line and it is in this connection that the said holder is at present employed. Furthermore, the invention consists essentially in the holder and not in the mop, and hence any style or construction of mop may be attached to the said holder Without in any Way affecting the scope or object of the invention.

Vhat We claim is:

l. A. holder for mops comprising a securing' member having` parallel spring arms with, right angled extremities and a cross portion at its top provided with a U bend in its middle at right angles to said sides, a handle and a mop support thereon having said spring, arms operatively engaged therewith, and a fastener for said member consisting' of a single piece of Wire having its ends engaged in said handle beneath the said cross portion of said securing member and having a middle spring portion clamped on said handle.

2. A holder for mops having a handle and a mop support thereon, in combination With a mop securing` member having' spring` side arms adapted to engage said support and provided With a cross portion at its top having' a bend corresponding` to the said handle, and a fastener for said member pivoted in the said handle relatively beneath said cross portion and provided with curved sides adapted to lift said member upward and with a U-shaped bend adapted to lock on the handle.

In testimony whereof 1We ailix our signatures in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

h/IARSHALL F. CLAY. GORHAM F. BASSET. iitnesses E. M. FISHER, F. C. MUssUN.

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